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| convenient
lifts at village level and plenty of long, wide open gentle runs, even
from the top of the mountain. There are excellent nursery slopes at
resort level. |
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| ideal. there are
5174 acres of skiing on offer, meaning there is plenty of variety to
choose from. the snow in Colorado is light allows easy navigation of
most runs. try the Blue Sky Basin. on the western side there are long
and quiet blues. Born Free goes from top to bottom, as does Simba.
Some of the ungroomed pistes offer a good introduction to powder. |
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| test yourself
on the double black diamonds of Goshawk and Peregrine. There are six
Back Bowls and miles of mogul fields. Blue Sky Basin offers some great
adventure runs with some genuinely steep double black diamond runs. |
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| freeriders
are spoilt for choice, with their domain being Golden Peak in Vail.
Here there are beginner and expert pipes and numerous kickers. Beaver
Creek is very snowboarder friendly. Both resorts offer gladed tree
runs, berms, log slides and jumps. |
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1 gondola | 14 quad lifts | 7 fixed grip quads | 3 triple lifts
| 5 double lifts | 10 surface lifts |
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Vail - front |
Beaver Creek |
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number of lifts
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| 34 |
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uphill capacity per hour
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| 53,381 |
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direction of slopes
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| N,S,E,W |
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summary
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good
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average
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poor
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nursery slopes
|
m |
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off-piste / ski touring
|
m |
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cross country
|
m |
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snowboarding
|
m |
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tree level skiing
|
m |
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summer skiing
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children's facilities
|
m |
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snow making facilities
|
m |
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total length of pistes |
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317km |
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piste type and number |
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easy |
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33 |
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intermediate |
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61 |
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difficult |
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80 |
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longest run |
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Riva, 6km / 4.8miles |
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number of snow cannons |
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550 - 380 acres covered |
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mountain restaurants |
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10 on the mountain, plus those at bases |
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cross country trails |
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45kms |
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night skiing? |
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number of ski instructors |
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1400 |
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usual hours of instruction |
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0945-1545 |
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photo required for lift pass? |
| no |
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